Easter Parade

As readers will know The Blue Nile are a particular favourite of mine and this song is definitely one of their very best. A tour de force, a black and white short film, a non rhyming piece of poetry that goes somewhere in your deepest thoughts but you’re just not sure where. Paul Buchanan takes [...]

Photoprix Commercial

I’m not sure what to make of this. I suppose it is a bit like the United Colors of Benetton campaigns of a few years back when the shock factor was used. I’m not really comfortable with human loss or suffering to be used for advertising purposes but I can’t deny this is an emotive [...]

The Blue Nile Ticket Information

I have had many visits to the blog on the posting about The Blue Nile’s up and coming gigs at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on the 9th 10th and 11th of July 2008 . I’m sure many of the hits will have been to try and find out ticket information. The gigs were announced [...]

The Blue Nile Glasgow Dates

The Blue Nile are to play The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 9th, 10th and 11th July 2008. In recent years Paul Buchanan has shaken off the previous intense introvert persona which previously characterised TBN’s performance. I saw him four times during 2006 and he positively engaged with the audience and was much more relaxed. [...]

The Blue Nile v. Edward Hopper

I featured this on my previous blog last year. No excuse needed to link to it again because it is simply wonderful. Thanks Paul for doing it.